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Title XVII - Agriculture an...
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Chapter 263 - Insect Pests and Weeds
Chapter 263 - Insect Pests and Weeds
Section 263.010 Title of law.
Section 263.020 Definitions.
Section 263.030 Appointment of state entomologist — qualifications — employees.
Section 263.040 Rules and regulations.
Section 263.050 Inspection, enforce quarantine regulations — power to call meetings — rulemaking, procedure.
Section 263.060 Right of entry.
Section 263.070 Inspection fees — nurseries and nursery dealers registration inspection certificates, requirements, expire when — disposition of fees.
Section 263.080 Plant pests, control, noncomplying owner, action by inspectors — lien for expenses.
Section 263.100 Shipping tag to show what.
Section 263.110 Inspection of plants before sale or shipment — fees — exceptions.
Section 263.130 Establishment of quarantine — rules and regulations.
Section 263.140 Restrictive and control measures — adoption and enforcement.
Section 263.145 Plant disease and insect inspection — confiscation and destruction — highway patrol or other law enforcement officers to assist in enforcement.
Section 263.150 Review of order granted, when — rules, procedure.
Section 263.180 Penalty.
Section 263.190 Owners to control noxious weeds — notice procedure — penalty — sale of noxious weeds prohibited.
Section 263.200 County commission duties to control noxious weeds, official immunity, landowner duty of care — special tax for cost, collection — provisions applicable to certain political subdivisions.
Section 263.220 Duty of prosecuting attorney.
Section 263.240 Penalty for violation.
Section 263.243 State agency purchasing seed from nondomestic source containing noxious weeds, liability.
Section 263.245 Brush adjacent to county roads, to be removed subject to voter approval, certain counties — county commission may remove brush, when, procedures, certain counties — county right-of-way or maintenance easement, distance.
Section 263.247 Brush control, county option, certain counties — election to discontinue enforcement of weed control program.
Section 263.250 Marijuana plant to be destroyed — county commission to destroy, when.
Section 263.255 County election on enforcement of Johnson grass control law, notice, ballot, effect.
Section 263.257 Director of agriculture to exterminate Johnson grass, when — county weed control board, appointment, expenses.
Section 263.259 Duties of state director of agriculture — inspection by county weed control board.
Section 263.261 Duties of public utilities and government agencies as to Johnson grass.
Section 263.262 Johnson grass declared nuisance, where — abatement.
Section 263.265 Tax for control of Johnson grass — state transportation department to pay costs.
Section 263.266 Approved eradication methods to be followed.
Section 263.267 County's classification as Johnson grass extermination area terminated, how.
Section 263.452 Declaration of commission, when — election, procedure.
Section 263.454 Declaration as noxious weed control area, notice, duties of property owners — county weed control board, appointment, members, duties, compensation, terms.
Section 263.456 Duties of county weed control board — director of agriculture to cooperate with governmental agencies — inspection of lands, notice, immunity, liability, indemnification, landowner duty of care — expenses of control, special tax, lien — notice to prosecutor.
Section 263.458 Public utilities, department of transportation, department of natural resources, department of conservation, United States government, and railroads duties in noxious weed control areas.
Section 263.460 Noxious weeds as public nuisance — action to enjoin nuisance, venue, parties, notice.
Section 263.462 Tax may be assessed by county commission, township board and special road district — transportation department property, costs — county commission may share costs with landowners.
Section 263.464 Chemicals and biological agents, approval of required.
Section 263.466 Termination of classification as noxious weed control area.
Section 263.468 County noxious weed fund may be established — program required — funding — orders.
Section 263.470 Prohibition, Johnson grass extermination area.
Section 263.472 Conversion of Johnson grass extermination area to noxious weed control program — election, procedure.
Section 263.474 Public and private standards of control.
Section 263.500 Law, how cited.
Section 263.503 Definitions.
Section 263.505 Rules, authority for — procedure to adopt, suspend and revoke.
Section 263.507 Department of agriculture — powers and duties.
Section 263.509 Director's right to enter premises to eradicate and inspect, requirements — court may issue a warrant for right of entry, when.
Section 263.512 Cotton growers to furnish department with size and location of all cotton fields and patches.
Section 263.515 Quarantined areas, authority from regulations by department — articles from other states regulated.
Section 263.517 Eradication zones established, authority for — regulations — publication of notice in affected areas — violations, authority to destroy cotton.
Section 263.520 Eradication zones, authority of department to treat with pesticides or destroy — cotton planted after notice, no payment for losses — payment if cotton planted before notice.
Section 263.523 Cotton growers' organization, certification by department, requirements — board of directors, appointment, qualifications, terms — audit by department.
Section 263.525 Certification of organization — purpose — revocation, when.
Section 263.527 Regional referendum on assessment for costs of eradication — assessment basis — voting procedure — deposit of funds collected — annual audit.
Section 263.529 Referendum under direction of organization — expenses, how paid.
Section 263.531 Referendum defeated — organization may call other referendums — assessment retention to be subject to vote every ten years.
Section 263.534 Failure to pay assessment, penalties and interest — lien also authorized on cotton crop subject to assessment, priority of lien.
Section 263.537 Boll weevil suppression and eradication fund established, purpose — department may retain amount to cover costs of administration — reversion to general revenue prohibited.